Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
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Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Berlin, Germany
The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.
Barrow, Alaska
The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Chicago, Illinois
A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."
Alameda, California
Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.
San Francisco, California
Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
A monument to the love people have for their pets.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.